Via Pitchfork, I came across these two fantastic new videos from The National, one of my favourite bands of recent years. They're from a French website and given France's love of Leonard Cohen, it seems natural that they would take to this band. With more of the same intriguing lyrics and subtle anthemics, it raises expectations for the new album Boxer, out in May. Love the cutlery percussion!
On the same site is this superb video of the Arcade Fire doing Neon Bible while going up in a lift before heading outside for an acoustic version of Wake Up. I saw their concert at the Olympia in Dublin earlier this month, and managed to capture a poor quality version of this on my mobile phone. Thought about uploading it onto YouTube but caught myself on -it's always annoying to look for something and have to wade through loads of these crappy videos. It doesn't anger me as such (btw, why are people on message boards so angry?! everything is derided as being 'gay' - I guess they're just bored teenagers with issues) but when there's beautifully shot stuff of this quality online, why bother. As Sash would say, encore un fois.
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Sunday, 25 March 2007
Don't Worry, Be Happy was a number one jam...
Bobby McFerrin does Ave Maria - bizarre, but I think it just about works!
It sent me looking for his and Robin Williams' version of Come Together which (from the sublime to the ridiculous) I remember as being one of the worst things I have ever heard. Alas, YouTube could not deliver this time. However, from the same George Martin tribute album is Jim Carrey's interpretation of I am the Walrus. Hmmm.
Christ, youtube has also come up with Sean Connery's version of In My Life, which strangely sounds as you would expect ("There are playshes I remember" etc) - he raps it rather than sings, which is something I suppose. Sounds kind of like Arab Strap. Don't understand what the video is about - it seems to be a tribute to Benfica FC.
I guess I've never heard George Martin talk about anything other than the Beatles, but this Big Train sketch just brought it home...
In a similar vein is the Onion's typically genius Robbie Krieger Goes 51 Minutes Without Mentioning Jim Morrison.
It sent me looking for his and Robin Williams' version of Come Together which (from the sublime to the ridiculous) I remember as being one of the worst things I have ever heard. Alas, YouTube could not deliver this time. However, from the same George Martin tribute album is Jim Carrey's interpretation of I am the Walrus. Hmmm.
Christ, youtube has also come up with Sean Connery's version of In My Life, which strangely sounds as you would expect ("There are playshes I remember" etc) - he raps it rather than sings, which is something I suppose. Sounds kind of like Arab Strap. Don't understand what the video is about - it seems to be a tribute to Benfica FC.
I guess I've never heard George Martin talk about anything other than the Beatles, but this Big Train sketch just brought it home...
In a similar vein is the Onion's typically genius Robbie Krieger Goes 51 Minutes Without Mentioning Jim Morrison.
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